Crochet kit



March 10, 1942 1. D. E. MILLER 2,275,545'

CROCKET KIT Filed Aug. 2, 1940 v I'p'g. 2.

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Patented Mar. 10, 1942 ,7 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CR T Ida D. E. Miller, Kelso, Wash. Application August 2, 1940, Serial No. 349,677

2 Claims.

This invention relates to acrochet kit. Anobject of the invention is the provision of a kitin which a spool holder forms likewise a receptacle for crochet needles so housed thatthey will not come in contact with the hands of the operator. l

Another object of the invention is the provision of a crochet kit which has a, container formed of flexible material and which may be carried around as desired, one wall of the container being provided with an opening substantially,

throughout its length that may be closed by a separable fastener, the; base of the container being formed of rigid material from which rises a housing for crochet needles and for supporting a spool of cotton, the cotton when withdrawn from the spool being guided by a slidable member adjacent the spool and substantially aligned with the elongated opening in the container.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a crochet kit having its walls formed of some fabricated material for housing a plurality of instruments for crochet purposes besides other articles for the convenience of the owner, the kit including a rigid base and a vertical member rising from the base for aiding in maintaining the kit in a substantially erect position, said rigid member providing means for supporting a spool of cotton and for housing crochet needles.

This invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description, in view of the accompanying drawing forming a part of the specification; nevertheless, it is to be understood that the invention is not confined to the disclosure, being susceptible of such changes and modifications as define no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a kit constructed in accordance with the principle of my invention,

Figure 2 is a vertical section taken along the line 2--2 of Fig. 1,

Figure 3 is a horizontal section taken along the line 33 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is a view in perspective of a thread guide shown in detached relation.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, l designates a circular base member which may be formed of wood or any other suitable rigid material and this base member has a curved top H and an annular groove I2, a portion of the top, as shown at 13, being flat for a purpose which will be presently explained,

A pieceof fabricated material [5 is in cylindrical form and has itslower portion received within the groove I2. Tacks or. screws l6 secure the lowerend of themember l5 to the base member ID. A ring I! is either secured to the inner face of the member l5 or to the outer face to provide a stiffening means for the walls of the housing formed by the fabric I5. l

The upper portion of the walls, as shown at .20, is pleated andis brought inwardly at the extreme upper end, as shown at 2|, and clamped between a pair of discs 22 and 23 which are see curedtogether by screws 24 or other suitable fastening means.

A hook 25 has a shank portion 26 passing through central openings in the discs 22 and 23 and a head 21 at the inner end of the shank maintains the shank and likewise the hook 24 in position. The discs 22 and 23 may be formed of wood, metal, or any other material which will be suitable for the purpose.

A loop 28 is received within the hook 25 and extends upwardly and is adapted to be grasped by the hand fortransporting the kit.

The container or housing, which is generally designated by the numeral l5, has an elongated opening 30 extending from a point near the top to a point adjacent the bottom. A separable fastener of a Well known type, designated at 3|, is adapted to close the opening by, drawing upwardly upon the sliding member 32 which locks the two sections 33 and 34 of the fastener together.

A metal tube 35 has its lower end secured within a pocket 36 formed in the base member I0 and centrally thereof. This tubular member extends upwardly and is provided with a reduced portion 33 to receive a cap or closure 38. The inner end of the closure rests upon a shoulder 39 formed at the base of the reduced portion 31. The tubular member is adapted to house crochet needles,

as shown at 40 (Fig. 2).

A spool, designated by hollow tubular portion 42 which is received by the tube 35.

The bottom of the member 42 has an annular flange 43 and the bottom portion the numeral 4|, has a tion of the kit. A disc 41 is provided with a central opening 48 which forms a thread guide through which the thread 49 is inserted before the spool is located on the tubular member 35. The disc is provided with spaced vertical passages 50 and 5| to receive wire guides 52 and 53 which form the legs of a U-shaped member constructed of a single piece of wire. The bight portion 54 of the U-shaped member is expanded to provide shoulders 55 to engage the upper portion of the disc to prevent said disc from being dislodged from the legs 52 and 53 of the guide.

The lower ends of the legs, as shown at 56, are bent inwardly at right angles and forcedinto spaced sleeves 51 secured in horizontal in the base member Ill. w It will be noted that the discs asare passages yarn from rotating and thereby tangling the thread.

I claim:

1. In a crochet kit, a base member, a spindle rising from the base member and adapted to support a spool of cotton, a thread guide removably connected to the base member and formed of a strip of wire bent intermediate its ends to form parallel vertical portions spaced from the spindle, the free ends of the wire being bent at substantially right angles to the vertical portions, means for removably connecting the free ends of the wire in the base member, a disc having an axially and horizontally disposed thread-receiving pasadjacent the opening 30 so that when the-separable fastener is operated to provide an entrance to the kit the disc will be inga convnientpos'iti'on for'the owner of the kit. It will be noted that the disc 41 in Fig. 2 may beffidvd. to ap' proximately the top '60 of the cylindrical por tionof the housing. 1 l a Since the shank 26 of the hook 25 is switched, said hook may be revolved to any convenient position.

7 The disc is sufiiciently heavy to always {move to the bottom of the legs 52 and 53 so that 'a sumci'ent tension will be placed upon the'thread 49 in order that the thread may be drawn off smoothly while preventing the ball of "cotton or eageand a pair of vertical passages to receive l the ve rtioal portions of the wire, said disc being r.l 52 and 43, of the U-shaped member; are located 2L2X c'roehet kit comprising a rigid base having an a-nnular groove in the side wall, a subslidably mounted on the vertical portions.

staiitially vertical collapsible housing formed of textile fabric and provided with an elongated. entrance opening; means forblo'si'ng the opening, means securiii'g'the bottom 'of the" housing within th'e groove of the'b'as', a rigid means forming the upper end of the housing while restricting the diameter thereof at this point, a substantially vertical spindle for a spbol of thread having the lo'wer'end secured in the base, the upper end of said spindle terminating adjacent; to the top 'or the housing and supporting the rigid means for maintaining said housing substantially erect.

IDA D. MILLER 

